Padmavati_(wife_of_Ashoka)

Padmavati (wife of Ashoka)

Padmavati (wife of Ashoka)

Empress of the Maurya Empire

Padmavati was an empress and third wife of the third Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka[1] (r. c. 268 – c. 232 BC– ) and the mother of his second son, the Crown Prince Kunala. She was also the grandmother of Emperor Samprati.[2]

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Singh 2008, p. 332.
  2. [2]
    Lahiri 2015, p. 284.

References

  • Singh, Upinder (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. Pearson Education India. ISBN 9788131716779.
  • Lahiri, Nayanjot (2015). Ashoka in Ancient India. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674057777.
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